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Definition of Trierarchy
1. n. The office duty of a trierarch.
Definition of Trierarchy
1. Noun. A system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs. ¹
2. Noun. The collective noun for trierarchs. ¹
3. Noun. A period of time during which one was a trierarch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trierarchy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trierarchy
Literary usage of Trierarchy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"REGULATION OF THE trierarchy. Games of Greece, to proclaim the benefits they had
... The citizens who were liable to the charges of the trierarchy were ..."
2. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1851)
"The citizens who were liable to the charges of the trierarchy were distributed into
... Its object was to distribute the whole burden of the trierarchy with ..."
3. A Handbook of Grecian and Roman Antiquities by Ernst Frederik Christian Bojesen (1855)
"The most important extraordinary liturgy was the 165 trierarchy, or charge of
equipping triremes for war. In B ancient times there were forty-eight, ..."
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